RT Book
T1 Making Public Places Safer: Surveillance and Crime Prevention
T2 Studies in Crime and Public Policy Ser.
A1 Welsh, Brandon 1969-
A2 Farrington, David 1944-
LA English
PP Cary
PB Oxford University Press, Incorporated
YR 2009
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1809503809
AB Making Public Places Safer is the first book to assess the effectiveness and social costs of the most important surveillance methods to prevent crime in public space: CCTV, improved street lighting, security guards, place managers, and defensible space. Importantly, the book goes beyond the question of "Does it work?" and examines the specific conditions and contexts under which these surveillance methods may have an effect on crime as well as the mechanisms that bring about a reduction in crime. Making Public Places Safer is a timely and reliable guide at a time when cities need cost-effective methods to fight crime and the public gradually awakens to the burdens of sacrificing their privacy and civil rights for security.
AB Intro -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- Part I. Politics, Theory, and Method -- 2. The Politics of Surveillance for Crime Prevention -- 3. How Might Surveillance Measures Reduce Crime? -- 4. Evidence-Based Crime Prevention -- Part II. Evidence of Effectiveness -- 5. Closed-Circuit Television -- 6. Improved Street Lighting -- 7. Security Guards, Place Managers, and Defensible Space -- Part III. Policy Choices and Challenges -- 8. Safer Streets, Safer Cities: Policy Choices for America -- 9. Conclusions and Future Directions -- Appendix: Methods of Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
OP 177
NO Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
CN 364.4
SN 9780199716951
K1 Crime prevention -- United States
K1 Public spaces -- United States
K1 Public safety -- United States
K1 Security systems
K1 Closed-circuit television
K1 Electronic books
K1 USA : Videoüberwachung : Kriminalität : Prävention : Effizienz
K1 USA : Öffentlicher Raum : Verbrechenskontrolle : Effizienz